ROME 28 May 2018 - The Philippine Embassy in Rome held a Consular Outreach Mission on 26-27 May 2018 in Tirana, Albania, located in the Balkan Peninsula in southeastern Europe.

The Embassy consular team rendered a total of 32 services: 20 passport applications, one Report of Birth, one Report of Marriage, one oath-taking for Philippine citizenship, and nine overseas absentee voting applications. The team also addressed eight labor concerns. Clients included Filipinos based in Kosovo.

The Philippine Consulate in Albania, headed by Consul Loritan Prespa, a.h. (fifth from left in photo), also participated in the outreach mission.

There are nearly 40 Albania-based Filipinos, mostly working in the food, wellness, and construction sectors in the country’s capital of Tirana.

Passport applicants await their turns for data encoding during the Consular Outreach Mission in Tirana, Albania conducted by the Philippine Embassy in Rome on 26-27 May 2018.

Minor Mariella Gjergji (right), assisted by her father, Clirim Gjergji (center), applies for a passport after the registration of her birth during the Consular Outreach Mission in Tirana, Albania conducted by the Philippine Embassy in Rome on 26-27 May 2018.

Ms. Erta Hysesani (seated left) and Ms. Elva Luca (seated right) of the Philippine Consulate in Tirana, Albania assist a client during the Albania Consular Outreach Mission conducted by the Philippine Embassy in Rome on 26-27 May 2018.